Telephone Lines of the World - statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Rank (total)	Country	Telephone Lines (main lines)	per Capita (main lines)	Date
1	China	368,000,000	0.280	2006
2	United States of America	172,000,000	0.576	2006
3	Japan	55,155,000	0.433	2006
4	Germany	54,200,000	0.658	2006
5	India	49,750,000	0.046	2005
6	Russia	40,100,000	0.280	2005
7	Brazil	38,800,000	0.206	2006
8	France	34,630,000	0.569	2006
9	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	33,602,000	0.554	2006
10	Korea (South)	26,866,000	0.550	2006
11	Italy	25,049,000	0.431	2005
12	Iran	21,981,000	0.320	2006
13	Canada	21,000,000	0.634	2006
14	Mexico	19,861,000	0.185	2006
15	Turkey	18,978,000	0.272	2005
16	Spain	18,385,000	0.455	2006
17	Indonesia	14,821,000	0.060	2006
18	Taiwan (Rep. of China)	14,497,000	0.629	2006
19	Ukraine	12,341,000	0.264	2006
20	Poland	11,475,000	0.298	2006
21	Egypt	10,808,000	0.137	2006
22	Vietnam	10,800,000	0.127	2007
23	Australia	9,940,000	0.491	2006
24	Argentina	9,460,000	0.237	2006
25	Colombia	7,865,000	0.180	2006
26	Netherlands	7,600,000	0.463	2005
27	Thailand	7,073,000	0.109	2006
28	Sweden	6,379,000	0.709	2005
29	Greece	6,185,000	0.579	2006
30	Pakistan	5,240,000	0.032	2006
31	Switzerland	5,040,000	0.670	2006
32	South Africa	4,729,000	0.107	2005
33	Belgium	4,719,000	0.455	2006
34	Saudi Arabia	4,500,000	0.167	2006
35	Malaysia	4,342,000	0.178	2006
36	Portugal	4,231,000	0.399	2006
36	Romania	4,231,000	0.190	2006
38	Venezuela	4,217,000	0.164	2006
39	Hong Kong	3,870,000	0.554	2007
40	Philippines	3,633,000	0.041	2006
41	Austria	3,564,000	0.435	2006
42	Belarus	3,368,000	0.327	2006
43	Hungary	3,350,000	0.336	2006
44	Chile	3,326,000	0.206	2006
45	Syria	3,243,000	0.172	2006
46	Denmark	3,098,000	0.568	2006
47	Israel	3,005,000	0.473	2006
48	Kazakhstan	2,928,000	0.192	2006
49	Czech Republic	2,888,000	0.282	2006
50	Algeria	2,841,000	0.086	2006
51	Sri Lanka	2,742,000	0.131	2007
52	Serbia	2,719,000	0.289	2006
53	Bulgaria	2,399,000	0.325	2006
54	Peru	2,332,000	0.082	2006
55	Ireland	2,097,000	0.516	2006
56	Norway	2,055,000	0.446	2006
57	Finland	1,920,000	0.367	2006
58	Singapore	1,854,000	0.413	2006
59	Croatia	1,832,000	0.408	2006
60	Uzbekistan	1,793,000	0.067	2005
61	Ecuador	1,754,000	0.129	2006
62	New Zealand	1,729,000	0.428	2005
63	Nigeria	1,688,000	0.013	2006
64	Iraq	1,547,000	0.059	2005
65	Guatemala	1,355,000	0.110	2006
66	Costa Rica	1,351,000	0.332	2006
67	United Arab Emirates	1,310,000	0.503	2006
68	Tunisia	1,268,000	0.125	2006
69	Morocco	1,266,000	0.038	2006
70	Azerbaijan	1,189,000	0.149	2006
71	Slovakia	1,167,000	0.215	2006
72	Bangladesh	1,134,000	0.008	2006
73	Puerto Rico	1,038,000	0.265	2005
74	El Salvador	1,037,000	0.152	2006
75	Moldova	1,018,000	0.228	2006
76	Bosnia & Herzegovina	989,000	0.220	2006
77	Uruguay	987,000	0.288	2006
78	Korea (North)	980,000	0.044	2003
79	Cuba	972,900	0.085	2006
80	Yemen	968,400	0.045	2006
81	Dominican Republic	897,000	0.098	2006
82	Slovenia	837,500	0.417	2006
83	Lithuania	792,400	0.221	2006
84	Ethiopia	725,000	0.010	2006
85	Honduras	708,400	0.097	2006
86	Lebanon	681,400	0.176	2006
87	Latvia	657,400	0.289	2006
88	Bolivia	646,300	0.073	2005
89	Sudan	636,900	0.015	2006
90	Jordan	614,000	0.104	2006
91	Nepal	595,800	0.021	2006
92	Armenia	594,400	0.199	2005
93	Georgia	544,000	0.117	2007
94	Estonia	541,900	0.409	2006
95	Kuwait	510,300	0.218	2005
96	Myanmar	503,900	0.011	2005
97	Turkmenistan	495,000	0.098	2006
98	Macedonia	490,900	0.239	2006
99	Libya	483,000	0.082	2006
100	Kyrgyzstan	458,900	0.088	2006
101	Panama	432,900	0.136	2006
102	Cyprus	408,300	...
103	Mauritius	357,300	0.288	2006
104	Ghana	356,400	0.016	2006
105	Albania	353,600	0.099	2005
106	Montenegro	353,300	0.560	2006
107	Palestinian Territories	349,000	0.093	2005
108	Zimbabwe	331,700	0.027	2006
109	Paraguay	331,100	0.051	2006
110	Trinidad & Tobago	325,500	0.305	2006
111	Jamaica	319,000	0.117	2005
112	Kenya	293,400	0.008	2006
113	Senegal	282,600	0.024	2006
114	Tajikistan	280,200	0.039	2005
115	Afghanistan	280,000	0.009	2005
116	Oman	278,300	0.090	2006
117	Cote d'Ivoire	260,900	0.015	2006
118	Nicaragua	247,900	0.045	2006
119	Luxembourg	246,700	0.520	2006
120	Qatar	228,300	0.258	2006
121	Malta	202,300	0.505	2006
122	Iceland	193,700	0.647	2006
123	Bahrain	193,300	0.277	2006
124	Macau	178,013	0.390	2007
125	Tanzania	169,135	0.004	2007
126	Mongolia	158,900	0.056	2006
127	Haiti	145,300	0.018	2005
128	Namibia	138,900	0.068	2005
129	Botswana	136,900	0.083	2006
130	Barbados	134,900	0.484	2005
131	Bahamas	133,100	0.441	2005
132	Madagascar	129,800	0.007	2006
133	Fiji Islands	112,500	0.126	2005
134	Guyana	110,100	0.144	2005
135	Uganda	108,100	0.004	2006
136	Kosovo	106,300	...	2006
137	Malawi	102,700	0.008	2005
138	Cameroon	100,300	0.006	2005
139	Somalia	100,000	0.012	2005
140	Angola	98,200	0.008	2006
141	Burkina Faso	94,800	0.007	2006
142	Zambia	93,400	0.008	2006
143	Laos	90,067	0.014	2006
144	Mali	82,500	0.007	2006
145	Togo	82,100	0.015	2006
146	Suriname	81,500	0.186	2006
147	Netherlands Antilles	81,000	0.382	2001
148	Brunei	80,200	0.211	2006
149	Guam	80,000	0.508	2001
150	Benin	77,300	0.010	2006
151	Jersey	73,900	0.827	2001
152	Virgin Islands of the US	71,700	0.660	2005
153	Cape Verde	71,600	0.170	2006
154	Mozambique	67,000	0.003	2006
155	Papua New Guinea	63,700	0.011	2005
156	Bermuda	57,700	0.877	2006
157	New Caledonia	55,300	0.255	2005
158	French Polynesia	53,600	0.195	2006
159	Gambia	52,900	0.032	2006
160	Saint Lucia	51,100	0.319	2002
161	Man, Isle of	51,000	0.698	1999
162	Lesotho	48,000	0.024	2005
163	Guernsey	45,100	0.691	2005
164	Swaziland	44,000	0.039	2006
165	Antigua & Barbuda	40,000	0.579	2006
166	Aruba	38,300	0.535	2005
167	Cayman Islands	38,000	1.048	2002
168	Eritrea	37,700	0.008	2006
169	Gabon	36,500	0.026	2006
170	Andorra	35,400	0.502	2005
171	Mauritania	34,900	0.011	2006
172	Monaco	34,000	1.049	2005
173	Belize	33,900	0.118	2006
174	Cambodia	32,800	0.002	2006
175	Maldives	32,500	0.091	2006
176	Bhutan	31,500	0.014	2006
177	Burundi	31,100	0.004	2005
178	Grenada	27,700	0.309	2006
179	Guinea	26,300	0.003	2005
180	Greenland	25,300	0.449	2002
181	Saint Kitts & Nevis	25,000	0.642	2004
182	Gibraltar	24,512	0.884	2002
183	Niger	24,000	0.002	2005
183	Sierra Leone	24,000	0.004	2002
185	Faroe Islands	23,000	0.487	2006
186	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	22,600	0.192	2006
187	Rwanda	22,000	0.003	2005
188	Dominica	21,000	0.304	2004
188	Northern Mariana Is.	21,000	0.292	2000
188	San Marino	21,000	0.718	2006
191	Seychelles	20,700	0.254	2006
192	Liechtenstein	20,000	0.593	2005
193	Samoa	19,500	0.110	2005
194	Comoros	16,900	0.025	2005
195	Congo (Republic)	15,900	0.004	2005
196	Tonga	13,700	0.122	2005
197	Chad	13,000	0.001	2006
198	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400	0.115	2005
199	Central African Republic	12,000	0.003	2006
200	British Virgin Islands	11,700	0.550	2002
201	Djibouti	10,800	0.023	2005
202	American Samoa	10,400	0.180	2004
203	Guinea-Bissau	10,200	0.007	2005
204	Equatorial Guinea	10,000	0.019	2005
204	Mayotte	10,000	0.059	2002
206	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	9,700	0.000	2006
207	Solomon Islands	7,400	0.014	2005
208	Sao Tome and Principe	7,100	0.038	2005
209	Vanuatu	7,000	0.034	2005
210	Liberia	6,900	0.002	2002
211	Palau	6,700	0.345	2002
212	Anguilla	6,200	0.498	2002
212	Cook Islands	6,200	0.298	2002
214	Turks & Caicos Islands	5,700	0.304	2002
215	Vatican City	5,120	5.494	2005
216	Saint Pierre & Miquelon	4,800	0.690	2002
217	Kiribati	4,500	0.047	2002
217	Marshall Islands	4,500	0.076	2004
219	Norfolk Island	2,532	1.385	2004
220	East Timor	2,500	0.002	2006
221	Falkland Islands	2,400	0.809	2002
222	Saint Helena	2,200	0.301	2002
223	Nauru	1,900	0.154	2002
223	Wallis and Futuna	1,900	0.122	2002
225	Niue	1,100	0.515	2002 est.
226	Tuvalu	900	0.077	2005
227	Tokelau	300	0.210	2002
228	Cocos Islands	287	...	1992
229	Pitcairn	1	0.022	2004
230	Antarctica	0	...	2001
	World	1,263,367,600	0.196	2005

For non-listed countries is no information available.

The total number of main telephone lines in use is reported.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2008-07-24)

(c) Thomas Brinkhoff, 2008-07-29

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